Training Log: graeme
In the last 7 days:
| activity | # | time | miles | km | +m | | | |
| Cycling | 4 | 4:02:40 | 49.0 | (4:57) | 78.86 | (3:05) | | | | | |
| Strength&conditioning | 5 | 2:05:00 | | | | | | | | | |
| Orienteering | 2 | 1:41:24 | 9.0 | (11:16) | 14.48 | (7:00) | | | | | |
| Running | 4 | 1:32:00 | 10.2 | (9:01) | 16.42 | (5:36) | | | | | |
| Total | 6 | 9:21:04 | 68.2 | | 109.76 | | | | | | |
Cycling 14:00 [3] 2.6 mi (5:23 / mi)
Home. Moistish
Cycling 27:00 [3] 5.7 mi (4:44 / mi)
In round the meadows ahead of Agnes the Alleged Storm
Running 34:00 [3] 4.1 mi (8:18 / mi)
Lunchtime dash round the Hermitage. Braving Agnes the gentle pattering of rain.
Cycling 21:40 [3] 4.1 mi (5:17 / mi)
In and to CT for drugs
Running 10:00 [3] 1.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
In
Note
Got changed for meadows. Observed p*ssing rain the the dark. Discretion 1 Valour 0.
Strength&conditioning 25:00 [3]
Cycling 25:00 [3] 5.0 mi (5:00 / mi)
In, bright and early before the 9 o'clocker
Cycling 1:34:00 [3] 20.0 mi (4:42 / mi)
And home for lunch via Roslin. A bit tiredly, its sunny and warm but also windy.
Cycling 11:00 [3] 2.2 mi (5:00 / mi)
In again
Strength&conditioning 15:00 [3]
Orienteering race 1:21:24 [4] 7.0 mi (11:38 / mi)
Loch Vaa SOL. Blue.
Loch Vaa, planned by Mike Stewart. Tough technical and tremendous, classic orienteering.
Completely bolloxed #1, not into it at all -3min, JonX raced through and away. then another minute on very weird #5, which was in a reentrant pointing the wrong way. Very odd.
Caught Hazel at 7, who was moving at much the same speed, and we flipped back and forth from there, trading 30sec on routes and misses. Pleased to be moving at her speed, until the run in obvs. Then it transpired she ran the Two Breweries yesterday which is a little more epic than a clown shoe 5k.
Strength&conditioning 25:00 [3]
Running tempo 23:00 [4] 3.1 mi (7:25 / mi)
Parkrun
So today was the day to try out the birthday present to self Hoka X3 cheat shoes (£130 on eBay). Didn't feel great, so the time indicates quite a benefit: second highest post-PE age-graded score creeping over 70% - I think the system also has birthday-bonus discontinuities but it is what it is.
Note
Cheat Shoes
First impression was that the shoes feel bouncy, but that's always true of new shoes, especially when replacing the 2002 vintage road flats. Second, they weren't as unstable as expected: there are right angle bends and coped just fine. They also felt, well, slow, and the cadence is about 1-2% down stridelength up on last parkrun. The big difference though was the general battering on the legs with felt much less, perhaps especially for me because of the lack of sensation below the kess?.
They're not going to help with advancing age and lack of calf muscles, but well worth the title.
Cycling 50:00 [3] 9.4 mi (5:19 / mi)
To and from parkrun
Strength&conditioning 35:00 [3]
Orienteering 20:00 [3] 2.0 mi (10:00 / mi)
Test run Euromeeting.
Running 25:00 [3] 2.0 mi (12:30 / mi)
Bits and pieces, though mainly walking
Strength&conditioning 25:00 [3]
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